
5 Oct
2012
5 Oct
'12
1:40 a.m.
Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:
On Fri, 14 Sep 2012, "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
My rule of thumb (for production gear) is: unless it fixes a bug YOU care about, or adds a feature YOU need, leave it the hell alone. Because new code = new bugs.
If the people who maintain your distribution do a good job then it's really not that bad.
This is no longer possible for MySQL as Oracle has a policy of security by obscurity when it comes to security fixes, so it makes it basically impossible for distributions to backport just security bug fixes. -- Stewart Smith